(laughter) there is one bright spot in education-- texas. the large hadron collider of denying science. (laughter) now, folks, i have long praised the texas board of education for their valiant work rewriting our nation's history textbooks. but now... (laughter) i believe they've got some stiff competition from the texas g.o.p. who recently put a plank in their 2012 party platform regarding children's education that says-- and i quote-- we oppose the teaching of critical thinking skills. (laughter) amen, brother. for too long we have blindly accepted the idea of not blindly accepting ideas you know who i blame? i blame galileo. what a jagoff. (laughter) i mean, for centuries we had a perfectly good explanation for the order of the universe. bible says the sun goes around the earth making us the center of the universe you know what? everyone was happy! for them numb nuts over here get the telescope for christmas, using his precious critical thinking skills and suddenly the earth goes around the sun, blah blah blah, now we have lesbians. (laug